The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


A BROOKLYN MAN, who desires to remain I'M
known for the present, has given Trinity Col
lege. Hartford. Conn. $4,000 to aid in the cree
ton or a building for scientific purposes. Junius
S. Morgan. of London. has donated $1,000 for
the same purpose. The building will cost
$4,000.
Miss ELLEN CALLAHAN, of Sierra county,
female stock raiser, is known as the maid of
the Valley" Her possessions are valued at
100000. Dudes would not be noticed as eandi-
dates for the matrimonial hand of Miss Callahan.
She can harness team, break wild horses run
a mower, feed the stock, or do any kind of WORK
on a ranch
THE late Alexander Mitchell once asked his
friend Mr.. Merrill to go into certain specula-
weeks later Mr.. Mitchell handed him a check
for $4,000. What's this for?'' inquired Mr..
Merrill. oh" was the reply, that's your share
of profits in the deal | asked you to go into.
You thought you weren't in, but you were"
A TRULY regal present has been sent by the
King of Portugal TO the German Emperor which
is worth all the other royal birthday gifts put
together. 1t is a sword of honor with a blade
specially made at the Lisbon arsenal, and eX-
quisitely chiseled. The hilt is of solid gold, in
crusted in every part with diamonds, sapphires,
rubieS and emeralds These were set after de-
sign supplied by the Queen.
TIE weights of Continental officers is reported
y
a memorandum book of Hezekiah Niles, an off
Ger of the Massachusetts line, as follows: Gen
erals-Washington, 209 pounds Knox, go; Lin
coin, 224; Creation, 1866; Huntington, 1872. Colo
nelS-Michael Jackson, 252 Henry Jackson, 1913;
Swift, 219. Lieutenant Colonels-Huntington
232 Humphreys, 221 Cobb, 1856. The weighing
is said to have taken place at West Point, Aug.
10, 1888
AT commencement time this year-June $3.50
the University of Michigan will celebrate the
fiftieth anniversary of its organization with be-
fitting ceremonies. Between ten and eleven
thousand of its alumni are scattered throughout
the land, and it would like to welcome back as
many of them as can assemble for this semi
centennial occasion. The committee of ar
rangementS say the present address of any
former student will be welcomed by their repre-
sentative, J. H. wade, Ann Arbor. Mich.
DURING President Grants administration the
White House made use of steel-engraved cards
for dinner cards. The vignette was a well exc
euted representation of the executive mansion.
1t was customary to write the name of guest
on one of these cards and place it beside his
plate at dinner President Cleveland. however
uses only plain card for this purpose. There
is a large stock of picture cards on hand, and
Mr.. Cleveland makes use of them in sending out
his autograph. The signature beneath the pic
ture of the White House form a handsome
souvenir.
THE will of Alexander Mitchell, the deceased
been read in private to his family 1t has not
yet been filed for probate, and may not be
placed before the public for some time to come.
The law permits the filing of wills within thirty
days after the death of the testator. The follow
ing requests have, however, been made public:
Protestant orphan asylum, $4,000; Catholic or
phan asylum, 5000. Milwaukee Hospital,
known as PaSsavant Hospital $40, 700; st. Mary's
Catholic Hospital, 5000; Young Mems Christ
ian Association, $4,000; Nashotah House (Epis-
copal Theological Seminary at Nashotah, Wis.,
$4,000; Racine College, $1,000.
MISS FLORENCE MARRYATT bears this unmis-
taxable testimony to the politeness of Ameri-
cans: There is no gentleman like the American
man. However hurried man may be he does
not shove woman into the gutter to make room
for himself, nor does he stare rudely in her face
as she passes him, nor make remarks on her
appearance or her dress. There is no such boor
in the world as the mddle-class Englishman
and some of the members of the so-called
upper class are not free from this species of
inSolence. No man in this country passes
woman in the passage without raising his hat
until she is out of sight Artisans in the street
will hold a shop door open for you. or pick up
anything you may let fall, and a workman one
day seeing me carrying heavy handbag on the
railway platform put down bis own basket of
tools and relieved me of the BURDEN
The Boston Transcript says: Some peculiar
circumstances attended the funeral of the late
Hon. j. NJ. Dyer who was highly esteemed
citizen of the Green Mountain State, at West
Salisbury, Vt, few days ago. Mr.. Dyer was a
man of massive size. No casket could be found
large enough and one was made It was six
feet six inches in length, two and one-half feet
wide and twenty-One inches deep. No hearse
was large enough to hold it, and six men were
required so take it through the front window of
the house to an express wagon, which was
barely large enough. The casket was with
great difficulty taken in and out of the church.
The grave was four feet wide and seven feet
long. Mr.. Dyer stood more than six feet tall
and weighed three hundred pounds He was
the largest man in the county, if not in North
ern Vermont. He leaves three sons who stand
six feet high and are well proportioned.
SPEAKING of Prince Maurice, of Montleart,
who died recently at Vienna, so years old, and
left his fortune of some SIS 900 600 to the Queen
of Italy, Life Uondon) remarks that it was an
entirely unexpected gift to her. The Prince
was always an eccentric parsonage. The last
thirty or forty years of his solitary life were
spent at his splendid seat near Vienna, and he
had mausOleum built in his park for his last
resting place. The Vennese police, however.
have iuterfered in the matter, and. not allowing
his park to be made into a cemetery, have
directed that his body should be buried in the
vaults of the chapel in the castle. The Prince
of Motleart leaves no children. His only sister,
who also has an immense fortune, was muir
dered two years ago in her castle near Cracow,
and up to the present moment the Austrian
police have not succeededin finding the muir.
derer. Her daughter married the MARQUIS
GonZaga-W ielOposki, son Of the celebrated
statesman known for his endeavors to reconcile
Poland and Russia
FAssILI SAMoILoFF, whose q cath has been an
nounced was one Of the most notable actors in
Russia. He was also wit, and was fond of re-
counting his adventures, one of which bears a
strong likeness to stories told of several other
comedians. ON one occasion the Emperor
Nicholas sent for him, and then and there. with
out the Silgest preparation or warning told Sa-
moiloff TO initiate him. The comedian promptly
seized a helmet placed it on his own head and
then turning to the Minister on duty, said with
an air of authority: You will grant Samooff
two months leave and give him 5000 roubes out
of the Imperial Treasury The Car laughed
heartily ana ordered his Minister to comply with
the command. Another time Samoiloff in a
piece which he was playing initiated to the
NE certain Count, notorious for his eccen-
trlcitleS and extravaganza. The Count, who
happened TO be among the audience, went ND to
the actor behind the scenes and congratulated
him ON his success, but added that the re-
semblance would be more striking if. instead OF
the gold shrt-studs which he was wearing Sa-
moiloif had put on diamond studs. Then suit
ing the action TO the word, the Count took Off
his own diamond studs and presented them to
the comedian. SamOilOn was general favor
tie. aud his many sallies were applmded even
by those al whose expense he INDUCED his wit.
Mrs LANGTRY, before she disappeared from
English society, had seen many other ladies
raised By royal favor to the now extinct position
OF professional beauty" There is hardly one
OF these ladies whose fate is not worthy of COM